Grain-car door



sept. 22, 1925 1,554,421

- l J. E. BRAKE v GRAIN CAR DUOR Filed Aug.429,"1924 2 sheets-sheet 1714/ ma .v nf

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- of; extreniesimplicity; and characterizedby y Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

JOSEr'H'E. Unlike, or BLUE RAPIDS, KNsAAsl Gaiam-CAR' noon.'

Appiication. aidleagust-2911924. 'serial No.Y 734,975.

To, alLw/wm/Zi mayy omwerwl Be it known that .1,5 JOSEPH E. vDPL-AEE, acitizen of thev UnitediStatesof America,- and a .resident of Blue.Rapids", in the ,county of Marshall and y State of Kansas have im`vented a new' and Improved; .Grain-Gar Door, of which the followingfis'- a-;clescrip 131011.'. My-.present invention has for` its :generalobject toprovide an auxiliary 'rainfcarfy door to beV employed beneathanyap'provedgmain car door and adapted 'tof beheld: at. its endstotheisides olistlie door franiefina' nianner toV be readily disengaged`from.; the door franje for'fthe purpose ofieniovingsaidlau f iliaryrdoorvwhile leaving. the .maincaredoor in vposition in the unloading of the.grain car; Tfhe present invention ihas: speciicallye; for ani` object.to provide.` a construction. of.' auxe ili'aryA door. oil the indicateda characterfand the- :facility with; which the;` door4ernplacedandreino'ved; Thenature-ofthe inventionliandeitsdisvtingnishingr eatures`.` and.A advantageslpwill clearly; appleanv as`the `description proceedsi I Reference; isY to .be had to theaceenapany?` ing drawin'gslorniinga parti othis'speei-i+catiomtitbeinggunderstood that the drawings are merely2 illustra-tive`of one example., of the linvention.

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iliary` gra-in icar' door.` embodying Iny-invenL tionshowingi the. sameleinplaced .inl a door frarneillustratedfin part; Y Eigurefis a planviewgof'theauxiliary door,'A tlre r doorA frame beingI iny horizontallsection asi indicated-.by the line .2-1-25'1Fig5 ,Puffi/"11;" l i, Y.A1,

" Figure isa longitudinal `vertical 4section in a'brplianelindicated byltlielflinef-B'f', Figure Y vv. y Figures 11.. 'and 5 are Ytransversevertical .sections-V respectively on the lineslf1-4f and 51+5'of'1Figure/11'.'

' th'e illustrated exaniple' .the-letter indicates ainbs of the doorframe( of a grain In. accordance `with rnv` invention thel aux'-ilia;'ry"doo risanade,v with a; body having inner and outersidesJ1O7111spaced` at one end'V by "an intervening"elongated spacingelement 12 the two sides and the intermediate element being held bybolts 13 hav-- 'Figure V1 is' a f iront| elevation. ofian aux-` inggpolygonal inaierlface ofithe innerside; lQEoatheoauXiliary door arevertical strengthening -andj-wear stripsfl offsheet metal against which.the heads of tlie boltsl bear,.there being-sirnilari` strips Y115 on;Athe youter aee` of the elementlh againstwhich the nuts .1.4 bea-r. Ato-ne'end the: `auxiliary ,door israbbeted-:asat; 165. the rabbet:extending through ythefoutervsid'e- 1'1: and partially finto the.intermediate spacing. elenient, 12, the rabbetingresnlting in.aprojecting end lwada-pted to,be=.engaged with v ajanib A ofzthe door.frainezatythefinner side-as clearly/shown inllliguregend in: dicated indotted lines in'.y Figures 1 and at thefleft.1v At. that end oftheauxiliaryadoor 'opposite- ,the -.rabbet. 16 andi projecting. end member1?, .theinnerfmernber 10. adv-antarge? ouslyvextends .beyond theoutermember/Mito present anyincreased bearingasuraceato: .the grain iwlien..the f c'ar wijs loaded",A Beyond. :the spaci-ngzeleinent 12 thefinnervandouter nienY bers 104 and 11; oithe auxiliary door, are sep@ aratedjbya. sp ace )18,111 lwhichlspace': a locke Ving: slide .19 .is` disposediSaid-:locking: slide 195 is :f (iiineclx.with longitudinali,'slots a 2Qthrough which bolts' 113 pass,- said boltsdoerings :equipped with tailnuitsf. 1111, they tigh eningfiof. which; serves .to bindlthemslide; 19between the spaced endswttheelements 1.0, 1-1 :tofhol-d'said fsildeagainst movementvwhen theauxiliary door isfernplaced-in the doorframe..-

l The outer. the loclinglislide.19. is J provided with a 1 'straf-p. Y21returned f on itself and spaced: .toj-receive/.the reduced 'endv` 119 of'tl'1e.slide,19..A .Rivets22 or equivalentlfas.-

teninfr ineans hold thestra ,12Min lace.

its sides thereof iiattened intoclose relation in aina-nnerfto prov1ideinefect a .rab'bet 23 so` thatf-the: flattened er1-'d2` otl the. strapyinay ,b'e. engage` dswfith .the adjacent. lof-the door. as int-*Figure-2.- Toagnidef and'. assist-in o preventing' vertical. displacement of.the-slide 19 If formy agribv and'groove'gengagenaent b'etween .the=slide a-ndzthemernbei 1,01 or 11.'. In

` thefillustrated example:"aflo'ngitudinal rib '24: isfforniedon: th'e`anenaberz 10 'atftheiinner On the locking slide 19 at the outer face isa projection 26 against which a stick or.1

other lever may be engaged in prying the slide 19 loose from itsengagement with the jamb A.

In Figure 8 it will be seen that the slide 19 is formed at its rearend'at the top with the tongue 119. Said tongue 119 is received in alongitudinal cut-out 112 in 4the spacing element 12. Theend of thetongue 119 is chamfered as at 219 for the purpose of preventing thegrain that enters the cutout 112 from jamming the tongue 119. `With theabove described construction the auxiliary door is emplaced by engagingthe projecting member 17 at one end behind the adjacent jamb A. Theauxiliary door is then brought into the plane of the doorway and theslide 19 is moved outwardly suiificient to enter the projecting endformed by the strap 21 at the back of the opposite amb A, whereuponthetail nuts 114 are tightened up to hold the auxiliary door in positionwith both ends engaged with the jambs. To remove the auxiliary door thetail nuts 114 or equivalent nuts areturned back suliiciently to releasethe slide19 and permit movement of said slide in the space 18 toward theelement 12- A suitable lever such as any convenient stick or bar is nowplaced against projection 26 and pressure exerted against the adjacentjamb A to disengage the strap 21 from Vsaid jamb whereby the pressure ofthe grain within the car will press the release end of the auxiliarydoor outwardly, permitting said door to be readi-.

ly removed. It is to be understood that the main car door (not shown)yis emplaced at the proper time and in the proper manner in the loadingof the car and nailed in position as is customary.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated lexampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since7manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the inventionV as defined in the appended claims.

.Having thus )described my invention, I claim: Y

`1. An auxiliary grain car door adapted to be positioned beneath themain door of a.

of the auxiliary door, said body at one end and said slide at theopposite end of the door liaving'members to engage the door frame atthe'inner side; together with a tongue on said slide at the inner end atthe top of the slide,.the body of thedoor having a cut-out in whichsaidtongue is movable, said tongue kof the door having members to engage thedoor frame at the inner side, one of said elementsof the body and theopposed surface of the slide presenting respectively a longitudinalriband a groove receiving the rib preventing vertical displacement of'the locking slide.

3. Any auxiliary grain car door adapted to be positioned beneath themain door of a car, said auxiliary door including a'bodyVV havingfrontand back elementspresenting at one end a space therebetween, and alocking slide movable longitudinally of the body in said space to varythe total effective length of the auxiliary door, said body at one endand said slide at theopposite end of the door having members to engagethe door frame attheinner side; together with transverse bolts passingthrough saidspaced body members, and said slide and nuts on the boltsadapted to be tightenedup to bind said spaced body elementsl against thelocking slideto hold the latter in adjusted position.

4. An auxiliary grain car door adapted to be positioned beneath the maindoor and including a body and a locking slide movable longitudinally ofthe bodyto vary the total effective length of the auxiliary door, saidbody at one end being rabbeted to present a projecting member adapted toengage the car door frame vat the inner side, and a strap on the end ofsaid slide and flattened at its outer end to present essentially arabbeted formation, said strap adapted to engage a side of the doorframe at the inner side.

5. An auxiliary grain car door adapted to be positioned beneath the maindoor and including a body and a lockingslide movable longitudinally ofthe body to vary thetotal effective length of the auxiliary doorsaidbody at one endV being rabbeted to present a projecting member adaptedto engage the car'door rframeat the inner side, and a strap on the endof'said slide and flattened at its outer end to present essentially arabbeted formation, said* strap adapted to engage a.

side of therdoor frame at the inner side; together with a projectingmember on the front face of said strap adapted to be engaged by a pryfor disengaging the strap from lthe door frame. y

JOSEPH E. DRAKE.

